2010 Purbeck District Council election

2010 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|Results of the 2010 Purbeck District Council election The 2010 Purbeck District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Purbeck District Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/council/html/3737.stm Purbeck 2010-05-07 BBC News 2009-04-19 After the election, the composition of the council was Liberal Democrat 12 Conservative 10 Independent 2 http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8154136.Purbeck_District_Council_election_results/ Purbeck District Council election results 2010-05-07 2010-05-07 Bournemouth Daily Echo Background Purbeck was one of only four councils in the 2010 local elections to have a candidate elected without opposition, with an Independent candidate being returned unopposed. http://www.24dash.com/news/Local_Government/2010-05-04-Labour-has-better-chance-in-council-elections Labour 'has better chance' in council elections 2010-05-07 2010-05-04 24dash.com Election result The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain one seat from the Conservatives to hold exactly half of the seats on the council. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8667815.stm No majority leaves hung councils in Dorset 2010-05-07 2010-05-07 BBC News With the election having taken place at the same time as the 2010 general election. Overall turnout in the election was over 72%. Purbeck local election result 2010 http://www.purbeck.gov.uk/council/democracy_and_elections/2010_elections.aspx 2010 Elections 2010-05-07 Purbeck District Council October 2010 H3llBot Conservative Party (UK) 5 0 1 -1 62.5 48.2 6,162 +0.9% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 1 0 +1 25.0 37.5 4,787 -8.1% Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 12.5 0 0 -2.2% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 10.5 1,345 +5.7% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 487 +3.8% Ward results Bere Regis Independent (politician) Peter Wharf unopposed Independent (politician) Creech Barrow Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Cake 822 73.3 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) Edward Huskinson 300 26.7 +17.0 522 46.5 -2.2 1,122 73.8 +28.6 Conservative Party (UK) Langton Conservative Party (UK) Michael Lovell 536 52.4 -19.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Knight 432 42.3 +23.0 Labour Party (UK) Leigh van de Zande 54 5.3 -3.6 104 10.2 -42.4 1,022 74.3 +22.6 Conservative Party (UK) Lytchett Matravers Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Gracey 1,178 52.6 Conservative Party (UK) David Cross 1,060 47.4 118 5.2 2,238 74.8 +22.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Purbeck West Conservative Party (UK) Barry Quinn 540 67.8 +28.5 Labour Party (UK) Jon Davey 256 32.2 +14.8 284 35.7 +30.3 796 69.6 +25.4 Conservative Party (UK) Swanage South Conservative Party (UK) Gary Suttle 1,391 42.3 -8.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Hadley 945 28.8 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) Maxwell Stanford 735 22.4 +3.5 United Kingdom Independence Party Michael Hobson 214 6.5 +6.5 446 13.6 -6.5 3,285 67.6 +29.1 Conservative Party (UK) Wareham Liberal Democrats (UK) David Budd 1,810 55.1 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Thomas 1,204 36.6 -5.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Keith Simpson 273 8.3 +8.3 606 18.4 +3.2 3,287 71.5 +24.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Winfrith Conservative Party (UK) Keith Barnes 609 59.1 -21.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Amanda Williams 422 40.9 +40.9 187 18.1 -43.7 1,031 75.7 +28.7 Conservative Party (UK) References 2010 Purbeck Category:2010s in Dorset